Executive functions

Educational Robotics intervention on Executive Functions in preschool children: A pilot study

Maria Lieto, Emanuela Inguaggiato, Emanuela Castro, Francesca Cecchi, Giovanni Cioni, Marta Dell’Omo, Cecilia Laschi, Chiara Pecini, Giacomo Santerini, Giuseppina Sgandurra, Paolo Dario

Citations: 202 • 2017

Effects of robotic neurorehabilitation through lokomat plus virtual reality on cognitive function in patients with traumatic brain injury: A retrospective case-control study

Maria Grazia Maggio, Michele Torrisi, Antonio Buda, Rosaria De Luca, Denise Piazzitta, Antonio Cannavò, Antonino Leo, Demetrio Milardi, Alfredo Manuli, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò

Citations: 69 • 2019

Educational Robotics in Down Syndrome: A Feasibility Study

Stefania Bargagna, Emanuela Castro, Francesca Cecchi, Giovanni Cioni, Paolo Dario, Marta Dell’Omo, Maria Lieto, Emanuela Inguaggiato, Alice Martinelli, Chiara Pecini, Giuseppina Sgandurra

Citations: 62 • 2018

Improving Executive Functions at School in Children With Special Needs by Educational Robotics

Maria Lieto, Emanuela Castro, Chiara Pecini, Emanuela Inguaggiato, Francesca Cecchi, Paolo Dario, Giovanni Cioni, Giuseppina Sgandurra

Citations: 54 • 2020

The cognitive effects of computational thinking: A systematic review and meta-analytic study

Chiara Montuori, Filippo Gambarota, Gianmarco Altoè, Barbara Arfé

Citations: 54 • 2023

Empowering Executive Functions in 5- and 6-Year-Old Typically Developing Children Through Educational Robotics: An RCT Study

Maria Lieto, Chiara Pecini, Emanuela Castro, Emanuela Inguaggiato, Francesca Cecchi, Paolo Dario, Giovanni Cioni, Giuseppina Sgandurra

Citations: 42 • 2020

Artificial Cognitive Systems Applied in Executive Function Stimulation and Rehabilitation Programs: A Systematic Review

Carolina Robledo-Castro, Luis Castillo, Juan M. Corchado

Citations: 31 • 2022

The impact of visuospatial and executive function on activity performance and outcome after robotic or conventional gait training, long-term after stroke—as part of a randomized controlled trial

Maria Bergqvist, Marika C. Möller, Martin Björklund, Jörgen Borg, Susanne Palmcrantz

Citations: 19 • 2023

Developing preschool children’s computational thinking and executive functions: unplugged vs. robot programming activities

Xinli Zhang, Yuchen Chen, Lailin Hu, Gwo‐Jen Hwang, Yun‐Fang Tu

Citations: 18 • 2025

Identifying Mild Cognitive Impairment by Using Human–Robot Interactions

Yu‐Ling Chang, Di-Hua Luo, Tsung-Ren Huang, Joshua Oon Soo Goh, Su‐Ling Yeh, Li‐Chen Fu

Citations: 15 • 2021

Experiences of Persons With Executive Dysfunction in Disability Care Using a Social Robot to Execute Daily Tasks and Increase the Feeling of Independence: Multiple-Case Study

Kirstin N van Dam, Marieke Gielissen, Rachelle Reijnders, Agnes van der Poel, Brigitte Boon

Citations: 14 • 2022

Robot Programming to Empower Higher Cognitive Functions in Early Childhood

Maria Lieto, Chiara Pecini, Emanuela Castro, Emanuela Inguaggiato, Francesca Cecchi, Paolo Dario, Giuseppina Sgandurra, Giovanni Cioni

Citations: 13 • 2019

Robotic assessment of sensorimotor and cognitive deficits in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

Spencer Finn, Theodore Aliyianis, Brooke Beattie, Lysa Boissé Lomax, Garima Shukla, Stephen H. Scott, Gavin P. Winston

Citations: 8 • 2024

Stress Measurement in Multi-tasking Decision Processes Using Executive Functions Analysis

Lucas Paletta, Martin Pszeida, Bernhard Nauschnegg, Thomas Haspl, Raphael Marton

Citations: 8 • 2019

Enhancing executive functions in children: a comprehensive review of interventions via digital technologies and future directions

Vana Gkora, Athanasios Drigas

Citations: 7 • 2024

Self-organizing high-order cognitive functions in artificial agents: Implications for possible prefrontal cortex mechanisms

Michail Maniadakis, Panos Trahanias, Jun Tani

Citations: 7 • 2012

Bee-bot robot in the use of executive functions in students with ASD: a pilot study

Elena Pérez-Vázquez, Gonzalo Lorenzo, Alba Gilabert Cerdá

Citations: 6 • 2022

Incremental project-based robot programming: Effects on young children's computational thinking, executive function, and learning behavioral patterns

Yuchen Chen, Xinli Zhang, Lailin Hu, Gwo‐Jen Hwang, Haoran Xie, Yun‐Fang Tu

Citations: 4 • 2025

Prospective Memory Training Using the Nao Robot in People with Dementia

Kerem Tahan, Bernard N’Kaoua

Citations: 4 • 2024

Technological Tools for the Intervention and Computerized Dynamic Assessment of Executive Functions

Juan Carlos Bustamante, Juan José Navarro

Citations: 3 • 2022